Compositions with Nahum Tate as librettist

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Dido and Aeneas (Dido and Æneas) Henry Purcell, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
Z.626 1677 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Baroque Operas
12 Hymns and 4 Anthems (12 Hymns and 4 Anthems, for 4 Voices; proper to be used in all places of Public Worship, and for Private Devotion; to which is added The Treble of the Hymns for a Single Voice. The Words taken from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms) Hugh Bond, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
Op.1 soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ
soprano, alto, tenor, bass and continuo
Classical Hymns, Psalms, Anthems
While Shepherds Watched (Christmas Carol) George Whitefield Chadwick, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
C major mixed chorus Romantic Carols
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old) Michel Rondeau, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
mixed chorus, 2 trumpets and 2 trombones Modern Carols
Come, ye sons of art away (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday, 1694 ; Come, ye sons of arts) Henry Purcell, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
Z.323 1694 soprano, 2 altos, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra Baroque Odes
The Psalms of David Edward Miller, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
Nicholas Brady, librettist
George William Hay Drummond, librettist
RISM A/I: MM 2774a voices and organ
3 voices
4 voices
mixed chorus
mixed chorus and organ
Classical Psalms
Who can from Joy Refrain? (A Birthday Song for the Duke of Gloucester) Henry Purcell, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
C major Z.342 1689 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra Baroque Secular choruses, Songs, Odes
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Lowell Mason, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
D major voices Classical Carols
Dido's tears Antonio Politano, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
2013 voice and percussion Modern Songs
Awake Harmonious Pow'rs (Ode for the Queen's Birthday 1704) John Eccles, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
1704 voices, strings and continuo
voices and orchestra
Baroque Odes
A Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms (A Supplement to the New Version of Psalms by N. Tate and N. Brady containing ... III. A Sett of Tunes for the foresaid New Version of the Psalms) Various, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
Nicholas Brady, librettist
2 voices
mixed chorus
3 voices
Baroque Psalms, Hymns
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night Keith Eisenbrey, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
2003 voice and piano Modern Hymns
The Sacred Harmonist (The Sacred Harmonist, A Selection of Admired Tunes, Adapted to the New Version of the Psalms, Arranged & Composed for Four Voices, With an Accompaniment for the Organ or Piano Forte by I. C. Webb. Organist to the United Parishes of St. Matthew Friday Street & St. Peter West Cheap) John Charles Webb, composer
Nahum Tate, librettist
Nicholas Brady, librettist
soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ
soprano, alto, tenor, bass and piano
mixed chorus and piano
mixed chorus and organ
Classical Psalms, Hymns


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